The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

Why do they call it "rush hour" when nothing moves?

Don't associate yourself with toxic people. It's better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself.

Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.

Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.

Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Kill him with your blessings of healing.

The biggest difference between writing a movie and writing a novel? No one ever tries to sleep with me to get into one of my novels.

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what.

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did

The biggest misconception is probably that I don't have my head in the right place.

People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.

Hypocrisy, the lie, is the true sister of evil, intolerance, and cruelty.

I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.